2008-2009 Financial Aid

Visiting Students

Villanova Law School students who wish to study at another institution as visiting students must first obtain approval from the appropriate administrator: J.D. students must contact the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, J.D./M.B.A. students enrolling for M.B.A. credits must contact the Director of the J.D./M.B.A. Program and graduate tax students must contact the Director of the Graduate Tax Program.  If financial aid is needed to fund this program, a Visiting Student Information Form must be completed and returned to the Office of Financial Aid so that a consortium agreement between the two institutions can be prepared.  All financial aid will be processed through the Villanova Law School Office of Financial Aid.

Summer Visiting Students

The costs for the summer session will be determined by the host institution; the costs for the fall/spring term will be determined by Villanova Law School.  Federal Stafford Loans will be processed for the summer/fall/spring terms with equal disbursements for each semester as required by federal regulations.  If a student’s costs for summer are greater than the summer disbursement of the Federal Stafford Loan, additional funds may be borrowed through the Federal Graduate Plus Loan or a private alternative loan.   If costs for the summer are less than the summer disbursement of the Federal Stafford Loan, it is the student’s responsibility to save anything over and above the costs for the summer to use for expenses during the regular academic year.  The summer costs can be viewed on Novasis.

Academic Year Visiting Students

The costs will be determined by the institution the student is attending. Federal Stafford Loans, Federal Graduate Plus Loans and any private alternative loans will be processed for the fall/spring semesters and disbursed in two equal disbursements as usual. 

Disbursements

Federal Stafford Loans, Federal Graduate Plus Loans and private alternative loans will be disbursed first to Villanova Law School.  Depending on the lender, disbursements will either come by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or by paper check.

EFT funds can be requested no earlier than 13 days before classes begin and can be credited to the student’s account no earlier than 10 days before classes begin.  Once the funds are credited to the student’s account, a refund check will be created made payable to the host institution and then mailed directly to the host institution.

Paper checks can be requested 30 days before classes begin.  Once the check has been received by Villanova, it must first be endorsed by the student and then returned to Villanova where it will be credited to the student’s account.  A refund check will then be created and made payable to the host institution.

Students will be notified when the refund check has been sent.  It is the host school’s responsibility to refund any funds over and above the cost of tuition and fees to the student for living expenses.

Because this process takes extra time, students should file their financial aid application as early as possible and be prepared for a delay in receiving these funds.

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